MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.54,-96.70 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -96.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 52 SFC 961 405 28.7 20.3 61 8.4 22.6 137 11 305.4 308.3 297.2 352.7 15.82 2 950 502 28.9 20.1 59 8.8 22.6 139 18 306.5 309.5 297.5 354.0 15.80 3 900 983 26.6 18.3 60 8.3 20.7 162 31 308.9 311.7 297.5 354.0 14.85 4 850 1486 24.3 15.2 57 9.1 17.9 188 38 311.6 314.0 296.8 351.0 12.85 5 800 2016 22.0 11.6 52 10.4 15.1 210 38 314.6 316.7 296.3 348.3 10.82 6 750 2574 18.5 9.1 54 9.4 12.4 230 31 316.6 318.5 296.0 347.2 9.73 7 700 3161 13.6 7.1 65 6.4 9.5 236 25 317.5 319.3 295.8 346.2 9.10 8 650 3781 8.7 2.8 67 5.9 5.2 238 26 318.8 320.2 294.7 341.8 7.24 9 600 4437 3.4 -2.7 64 6.2 0.3 236 23 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.0 5.23 10 550 5137 -2.1 -5.5 78 3.4 -3.8 248 33 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.7 4.62 11 500 5887 -7.2 -13.9 58 6.8 -9.8 265 38 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.1 2.60 12 450 6701 -11.5 -28.5 23 17.1 -15.8 269 31 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.7 0.81 13 400 7595 -16.7 -34.7 19 18.0 -20.3 260 28 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.2 0.50 14 350 8584 -23.8 -43.3 15 19.5 -26.5 258 27 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.24 15 300 9689 -32.9 -49.6 17 16.7 -34.4 250 28 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 16 250 10943 -43.4 -54.6 28 11.3 -43.9 236 29 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.09 17 200 12404 -55.0 -61.4 45 6.4 -55.2 249 33 345.6 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14196 -64.2 -71.1 38 7.0 -64.3 277 23 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.02 19 100 16672 -63.4 -83.5 5 20.0 -63.6 240 18 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.89 m Freezing level: 569.04 mb = 4870.35 m = 15978.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.83 mb = 4479.67 m = 14696.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.50 % Est. max temperature: 37.22 C = 99.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.46 mb = 1481.37 m = 4860.09 ft T: 24.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 22.27 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.96 mb = 3040.66 m = 9975.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.56 C = 105.00 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 40.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 536.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1841.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.64 mb = 1986.93 m = 6518.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.64 mb = 3810.37 m = 12501.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.64 mb = 13503.33 m = 44301.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1831.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 497.0 neg: -9.0 tot: 488.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 162.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.65 Bulk Rich Number: 12.03 Bulk Shear: 152.97 m/s